i see amazing work done with Soft on a variety of websites, by many talented artists...
there are things you can do in ICE that you would struggle to do any other way (especially if you're a human and not a Houdini double dome!) Soft is a GREAT package, (possibly the BEST all round 3D app) with the most loyal and inventive userbase Autodesk would be IDIOTS to put it out to pasture, and i can't help feeling that many would simply move to modo/cinema4D/blender rather than jump backwards to maya this is a time when we as a community really need to make some noise and show the 'man' that we love our software, and want to keep it!! my 2c _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan Andersson Sent: 19 June 2013 12:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: the jungle drums In the whole I think we should be happy that Softimage is still alive. The ever shrinking user base and the none existent new talent base. well. I think we can just face the fact that it's not going to be "the year of Softimage" this year either. I'm a bit surprised actually that Autodesk is still keeping it alive, though I'm happy that there are still people willing to put their souls into it. MPC in not using Softimage for crowd stuff (as far as I know), where did you hear that? RenderView is a lot better and stable than render region. The IPR with Arnold is pretty neat. Maya doesn't have ice, but it does have a node connection editor which works pretty well when you are rigging. Render layers is a bit dodgy, but you learn to live with them. Simulation stuff you can always make in Softimage or Houdini. FumeFX and SOuP replaces 90% of the need for it though (at least for me). Having native Alembic support is a life savior, and I don't understand why Autodesk couldn't implement it into Softimage.. why???? So many things I had hope for with the 2014 release, since it had been years since the last update and the new team was given their time to get familiar. And what did we get? Camera Sequencer. I for one looks forward to The Foundry roadmap with Nuke/Mari/Modo. Going to the user group tonight and hope to hear some good news. all the best stefan On Jun 19, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Andi Farhall wrote: have been going off again. Intimating the end of the line for soft. By this I assume the end of supported development from Autodesk, but will that make much difference? Isn't it the case that there has been no real development of any of the three packages in years, excepting perhaps ice? It can't simply be that maya will be the only software that people will end up using, there has to be a next generation surely as things evolve. If not, then an unsuported product is just as much use as a supported but unevolved one, right? I know lots of places that use soft, some of them exclusively so how long can they carry on with an unsupported product? There must be years of life left in soft and if places like MPC really are using ICE for crowd stuff then this has to add to it's life expectancy. I'm not against learning a new package whatsoever, but it has to be an improvement on what i've been using until now, and as somebody who spends all day in either ICE or the render region and render passes i have to say maya seems a backwards step, and if it is a backwards step then maya has room for improvement or even replacement perhaps. They could call it Maxsi perhaps. I would learn that... or will we be left in a stagnatting software pool simply because a few large studios are now backed into a corner? A> ........................................................................... http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ https://vimeo.com/user4174293 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ http://spylon.tumblr.com/ This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. ------------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Andersson | Digital Janitor blog <http://sanders3d.wordpress.com/> | showreel <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVb8yvxZcss> | twitter <http://twitter.com/sanders3d> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanders3d> | Instagram <http://instagram.com/sanders3d_> cell SE: +46-736268850 cell UK: +44-7513792996 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6422 - Release Date: 06/18/13
